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Humanities comprises of Geography, History and Religious Education. Students study all three areas at Key Stage 3, continuing with Religious Education through to Year 11.
Students can opt to study Geography, RE or History at GCSE level if they wish to. There are A level courses in all three subjects.
The department work closely together to adopt a common approach to Learning and Teaching.
Recent Humanities Department Collaboration
At the end of the summer term the Humanities department erupted with the sights and sounds of Calcutta, as the Year 7 students took part in a cross curricular theme day, involving Geography, History and RE.
The topic was Calcutta and the students brought together work from all three subjects to produce some excellent Calcutta ‘check outs’. Numerous aspects of Calcutta were explored including: trade, the Black Hole of Calcutta, the work of Mother Teresa, street children, dump pickers, monsoon and flooding, rickshaws, the slums of Calcutta, sport, the British Empire and Calcutta, IT and business, Clive of India and his links with Calcutta, temples and sites of pilgrimage, including the famous ‘rat temple’ of Calcutta and much, much more.
It was frenetic at times, messy and full of energy – a bit like Calcutta itself. The atmosphere in the department was superb for the whole day and the students worked extremely hard and were a credit to themselves and the school. As well as producing their ‘check outs’ the students also considered the probable, possible and preferred futures of Calcutta and wrote six word stories inspired by what they found out. It was an excellent, if a little tiring, experience for all involved.
Mr Murdoch
Geography
Geography is a popular subject at Barnwell, all students study it at Key Stage 3. Within the subject you will learn about many World issues as well as the more traditional Geography subject matter.
History
We aim to stimulate interest in and enthusiasm for the study of the past. Students, after completion of the course should be able to understand the world and its problems better and a wider outlook on people and their lives in the past and present.
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